Kay Granger Quotes

Offensively attack the terrorist so that you will not suffer the result of terrorism the next time.

On September 11, 2001, we thought we were going to be attacked many, many times between then and now. We haven't been. I believe we had a president who made the right decision at the right time... to put us on offense against terrorists.

We do not always need to wait to attack a terrorist group for them to attack us.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.

We must hunt the terrorists down and kill them. There is no other way to respond to those so committed to the destruction of life.

The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat.

The only way to fight terrorism is to fight it, not to reward it…. When terror receives one victory, terror seeks other victories.

If terrorists attacked New York, Washington, or San Francisco with a weapon of mass destruction, the next day we will all be asking what steps we might have taken to prevent it. So the question is, “Why do we not take those steps now?”

The primary goal of the War on Terror is to prevent an attack from happening.

We will continue to hit those who threaten us.

We bring the fight to the enemy so that they don't bring it to us.

I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.

We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have a catastrophic terrorist attack, it is the military that is going to have to go in at the request of civilian authorities.

I think the American people believe in stopping and preventing terrorism pretty much at any cost.

There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.

The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

We must fight and win the battle against terror overseas so we never have to fight it here at home.

They do believe that if we do not wage this war against terror in places like Baghdad and Kabul, we are more likely to have it waged in Baltimore and Kansas.

It's very difficult to tell someone how to protect themselves from a terrorist attack, whether it occurs in the U.S. or on foreign soil, particularly when you have terrorists with no concern for human life.

With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got.

We are in a war on terrorism. We need to conduct that war and take it to the terrorists, not here at home.

As president of the United States, my top priority will be to keep America safe. We're going to go after the terrorist networks. We're going to go after Osama bin Laden. We are not going to live in fear in this country.

The United States is going to defend itself under any circumstances.

Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.